A Family Thing
movie
With family, everything is relative.
Released March 29, 1996
Overview
Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.
Cast
Robert Duvall
as
Earl Pilcher Jr.
James Earl Jones
as
Ray Murdock
Michael Beach
as
Virgil
Irma P. Hall
as
Aunt T.
Grace Zabriskie
as
Ruby
Regina Taylor
as
Ann
David Keith
as
Sonny
Xander Berkeley
as
Sunburned Man
Jacqueline Williams
as
Woman at Hospital
Mary Jackson
as
Carrie
Paula Marshall
as
Karen
Phillip Edward Van Lear
as
Club Manager
Crew
Richard Pearce
as
Director
Jason White
as
Extras Casting Assistant
Billy Bob Thornton
as
Writer
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Tom Epperson
as
Writer
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Alphonse Blumenthal
as
Chief Lighting Technician
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Brad Wilson
as
Co-Producer
Rick LeFevour
as
Stunt Coordinator
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Gerrit Dangremond
as
Camera Operator
Craig Huston
as
First Assistant Director
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Michael Hausman
as
Unit Production Manager
Charles Gross
as
Original Music Composer
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Morgan Michael Lewis
as
Key Grip